It’s usually a good idea to use the “buyer beware” rule when shopping for used equipment. But in the case of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 system, a “used” rocket is the main selling point for the viability of the space cargo business plan. Yesterday, SpaceX successfully launched the SES-10 communications satellite, using a reused[…]
UPS announced a new direct flight from Kaunas, Lithuania, to its European air hub in Cologne, Germany. The flight allows UPS to offer later collection times for export shipments from the country, while also adding capacity. “UPS can now offer companies in Lithuania up to three additional hours of production time due to the later[…]
Swiss Post and drone manufacturer Matternet have successfully used drones to transport laboratory samples between two hospitals in Lugano, Switzerland. The hospital now expects to make drone delivery a standard operation in 2018. the delivery drone taking off Swiss Post, the Ticino EOC hospital group and Matternet launched the joint project earlier this month. Normally,[…]
Swiss forwarder Kuehne + Nagel is partnering with pharmaceutical research company Grünenthal to reorganize the pharma company’s worldwide transportation network for highly sensitive pharmaceutical products. Grünenthal has production sites in Europe and Latin America, with a footprint in 32 countries, and products available in 155 countries. The pharma giant will use KN PharmaChain, K+N’s multi-modal[…]
Virgin Atlantic Cargo’s volumes rose 1.8 percent in what the carrier called a “challenging market environment.” Overall, the airline carried 218,000 tonnes of cargo across its international network for the calendar year. A strong second half of the year and high peak-season demand helped boost volumes, although John Lloyd, senior vice president of cargo at[…]
A recent post in Tech Crunch breathlessly postulated that the planned Hyperloop One system envisioned for the Middle East will one day be able to handle the equivalent of US$12 billion of the region’s entire $35 billion cargo market, including all $7 billion worth of airfreight shipments in the Gulf Cooperation Council region. I’ll pause[…]
